Hide And Seek: The Cast
10 January 2005
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ABOUT THE CASTROBERT DE NIRO (David Callaway) launched his prolific motion picture career in Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party in 1969. By 1973 De Niro had twice won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of his critically acclaimed performances in Bang the Drum Slowly and Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. In 1974, De Niro received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II. In 1980 he won his second Oscar®, as Best Actor, for his extraordinary portrayal of Jake La Motta in Scorsese's Raging Bull. De Niro has earned Academy Award nominations for four additional films: as Travis Bickle in Scorsese's acclaimed Taxi Driver, as a Vietnam vet in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter, as a catatonic patient brought to life in Penny Marshall's Awakenings, and in 1992 as Max Cady, an ex-con looking for revenge, in Scorsese's remake of the 1962 classic Cape Fear.De Niro's distinguished body of work also includes performances in Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900, Ulu Grosbard's True Confessions and Falling in Love, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, Scorsese's New York, New York, Goodfellas, and Casino, Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Roland Joffe's The Mission, and Brian De Palma's The Untouchables.De Niro also appeared in Alan Parker's Angel Heart, Martin Brest's Midnight Run, David Jones' Jacknife, Martin Ritt's Stanley and Iris, Neil Jordan's We're No Angels, Ron Howard's Backdraft, Michael Caton-Jones' This Boy's Life, John McNaughton's Mad Dog and Glory, Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Michael Mann's Heat, Barry Levinson's Sleepers and Wag the Dog, Jerry Zaks' Marvin's Room, Tony Scott's The Fan, James Mangold's Copland, Alfonso Cuarón's Great Expectations, Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, and A Bronx Tale, directed by De Niro.In addition, De Niro starred in John Frankenheimer's Ronin, Harold Ramis' Analyze This and Analyze That, Joel Schumacher's Flawless, Des McNuff's Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jay Roach's Meet The Parents, George Tillman's Men of Honor, John Herzfeld's Fifteen Minutes, Frank Oz's The Score, Tom Dey's Showtime, Michael Caton-Jones' City By The Sea, and Nick Hamm's Godsend. He recently starred in Mary McGuckian's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, DreamWorks' animated Shark Tale and Jay Roach's Meet the Fockers.De Niro takes pride in the development of his production company, Tribeca Productions, and the Tribeca Film Center, which he founded with Jane Rosenthal in 1988. Through Tribeca, he develops projects on which he serves in a combination of capacities, including producer, director and actor.Tribeca's A Bronx Tale marked De Niro's directorial debut. Other Tribeca features include Thunderheart, Cape Fear, Mistress, Night and the City, The Night We Never Met, Faithful, Panther, Marvin's Room, Wag the Dog, Analyze This, Flawless, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Meet the Parents, Fifteen Minutes, Showtime, Analyze That and Meet the Fockers. In 1992, Tribeca TV was launched with the critically acclaimed series Tribeca. De Niro served as one of the series Executive Producers.
In 1998, Tribeca produced a miniseries for NBC, based on the life of Sammy The Bull Gravano.
Tribeca Productions is headquartered at De Niro's Tribeca Film Center, in the TriBeCa district of New York. The Film Center is a state-of-the-art office building designed for the film and television industry. The eight-story facility features office space, a screening room, banquet hall and restaurant, in addition to a full range of services for entertainment industry professionals.
DAKOTA FANNING (Emily Callaway) recently completed filming Dreamer, starring opposite Kurt Russell and Kris Kristofferson. A moving family drama set amidst the world of Kentucky's thoroughbred racing industry, the film is set for release next fall
Dakota stars opposite Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins in the upcoming War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg and Dakota previously worked together on the miniseries Taken, which the renowned filmmaker executive produced.
DreamWorks has committed to develop the definitive adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, to be written for Dakota by Emmy® winner Les Bohem (Taken).
Dakota began her career only four years ago, at age 6. Early on, she guest-starred on ER, The Practice, Malcolm in the Middle, Spin City, and CSI. On the big screen, Dakota starred opposite Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer in I Am Sam, for which she won a BAFTA® award, and became the youngest actor ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild® Award.
Shortly thereafter, she starred in Taken, which became the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated show and won an Emmy for Best Mini-series.
In 2004's Man on Fire, directed by Tony Scott and released by Twentieth Century Fox, Dakota starred opposite Denzel Washington. Her performance won accolades across the globe. Dakota also co-starred in Trapped, opposite Charlize Theron, Sweet Home Alabama with Reese Witherspoon,
The Cat in the Hat, and Uptown Girls. Dakota is an avid reader, is learning to speak Spanish and French, plays the piano, knits, collects dolls and is having an awful lot of fun.
FAMKE JANSSEN (Katherine) reprised her X-Men role of Jean Grey in the box-office smash X2, and starred in the recent independent film Eulogy. Previously, Janssen starred in I Spy opposite Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson, Don't Say a Word opposite Michael Douglas, and Made co-starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.Janssen earned critical-acclaim for her performance opposite Jon Favreau in Valerie Breiman's Love and Sex, which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Her credits also include House on Haunted Hill opposite Geoffrey Rush, John Dahl's Rounders opposite Edward Norton and Matt Damon, and Woody Allen's Celebrity, opposite Kenneth Branagh and Leonardo DiCaprio. Additional film appearances include The Faculty, Deep Rising, The Gingerbread Man, Monument Avenue, City of Industry and the James Bond hit Goldeneye.
On television she had a memorable guest-starring role in several episodes of Nip/Tuck.
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